#Privatisation

Martin Barrow

MartinBarrow

CareTech, one of the biggest private providers of children's homes and foster care, has published its annual financial report today. Prepare to get very angry (thread, 1/). While the rest

Lucy HunterBlackburn

LucyHunterB

Access to justice means funding access to justice. The introduction of legal aid was regarded as one of the pillars of the welfare state./ https://www.fabians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bach-Commission-Appendix-6-F-1.pdf Legal aid ha

GlumBird

GlumBird

The British government has replaced £30 food vouchers with this, intended for a child for three days to a week. This is economic violence against the working classes’ children and

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 2001. In Brighton, Blair is to give a speech to the TUC to define Labour's second term:"There is nothing more damaging or destructive to the true national interest than

Amani Hassani

Amani_Hassani_

. @LamiesNassri and I wrote two articles unpacking why the Danish 'ghetto' law is inherently a racist policy targeting specifically non-Western residents. The articles are in Danish, but here's a

Joe McIntyre

Dr_Joe_McIntyre

A quick thread on #COVID and casualisation.The trend towards a casualised workforce has to date largely been framed as an issue of worker/employer choice, flexibility & economic security. However, the

Hardeep Singh Puri

HardeepSPuri

Kerala is the pioneer as far as airports under Public Private Partnership are concerned. First PPP airport in India came up in Kochi in Kerala. It is a successfully run

Russ

RussInCheshire

I have a story to tell you about fish. No, wait, come back!20+ years ago I was an exec in the web agency used by WWF (pandas, not wrestlers). And

AParajit Bharat 😌

AparBharat

A man who witnessed the economic failures of Indira & Rajiv Gandhi, he always has been Congress's hope to revive the economy. He himself was the PM for 10 long

Jonathan Ashworth 😷💙

JonAshworth

Talking of desperate blame shifting Matt Hancock will attempt that re Public Health England - a body he is responsible for & who take direction from him.Last year ministers outlined

INDIA

india__abroad

Farmer’s Bill: what, who and howA lot has been heard about the farm bills that were recently passed by the Rajya Sabha.Here’s an attempt to understand WHY it is a

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

frankcottrell_b

I couldn’t sleep last night so I read this. It’s by, among others, Dominic Raab and Priti Patel. It outlines their “thinking”. It's difficult to convey how ridiculous it is.

Trot Ball ⚽ 📰 🚩 🔻

Wish4Wellington

1/ "For many commentators it seems that British capitalism has been buffeted by a series of unrelated and inexplicable tragedies – ranging from the Brexit vote, to the election of

Dr Sonia Adesara

SoniaAdesara

#NHSwhitepaper Thread: Contrary to some of the headlines, the reforms are NOT the‘end of privatisation’(Will explain below)The white paper wants to reverse legislation that mandated competitive tendering, which meant every

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Cuts right to the heart of possibly the most significant Brexit myth in the Conservative Party, that the EU is a uniquely heavy regulator holding back business.When actually regulation, whether

Janek Lasocki

JanekLasocki

1/ The big news in #Belarus yesterday was the arrest of 33 Russian mercenaries from the “Wagner Group” + the Belarusian govt’s claim there could be 200 others aiming to

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